Grade 7 DT Projects

Power Technology for Cities
List of Power Sources
City Specifications

Power Generation Questions:

What is the History?
How do we get energy from the power source?
- What are the inputs (resources) required for the power?
- How do we transform the resource into electricity?
- What are is the cost of the inputs?
Where do we get the resource from?
- What impact does the resource extraction have?
What is the effect of the power generation on the environment?
- What are the outputs (pollution, waste, byproducts) from the power generation?
- Does it affect animals or habitats?
- Does it affect people?
What is the Cost of building the generator?
- How long does it take to build the generator?
What is the Cost of the energy produced?
How much does it produce per power plant, per year?
Is it dangerous?
- What is the risk of accident, in a percentage?
- What is a major accident?
- What is a minor accident?
What are the disadvantages?
What are the advantages?
How do they know where to put the power plant (Hydro Dam, Wind Turbine)?

Resources

Climate Change conference in Poznan
Energy Resources Info
Wikipedia - Renewable Energy
The Energy Story
US Department of Energy education resources
National Energy Education Development Project InfoBooks
More Renewable energy information

National Energy Foundation (NEF) Fact Sheets

DT Resources
IB learner Profile Su Jong, Jules and Ga Won
IB Learner Profile - Sang Yun , Pedro
IB Learner Profile-Aga and Malena

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